NC Education Code · Regulation
Title 16 — root / Chapter 06 — 16 NCAC 06D .0212
Plain English summary
This regulation establishes requirements for textbook publishers seeking adoption in North Carolina, including registration with the Office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction and notification obligations when piloting materials. It prohibits publishers from exercising undue pressure on Textbook Commission members, State Board of Education members, evaluation advisors, or DPI staff, with removal from the NC Publishers Registry as the consequence for violations.
Key requirements
- Publishers who submit textbooks for adoption shall register with the Office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
- Publisher registration information shall include: the publisher's name; the publisher's president's or proprietor's name and address, including email address; the names of all agents authorized to represent the publisher in North Carolina; and the name, title, address, email address and telephone number of the publisher's preferred agent contact.
- Each publisher piloting textbook materials being submitted for consideration in the current adoption year shall notify the Textbook Commission, in writing, which materials are being piloted and in which local education agencies materials are being piloted.
- The Textbook Commission shall notify all local superintendents involved in piloting textbook materials prior to the end of the textbook selection process that the materials they are piloting may or may not be accepted by the Commission.
- Publishers shall not exercise undue pressure on members of the Textbook Commission, the State Board of Education, evaluation advisors, or DPI staff involved in the textbook submission, evaluation, or adoption process.
- The State Superintendent of Public Instruction shall remove from the NC Publishers Registry any publisher whose agents exercise undue pressure upon a member of the Textbook Commission, the evaluation advisors, or DPI staff.
- The State Board of Education shall direct the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to remove from the NC Publishers Registry any publisher whose agents exercise undue pressure upon a member of the State Board of Education.
Affected parties
- Textbook publishers
- Office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Textbook Commission
- State Board of Education
- DPI staff
- Evaluation advisors
- Local education agencies
- Local superintendents